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Peter Falvey

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Peter Falvey

Birth
Michigan, USA
Death
24 May 1913 (aged 60)
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Maple Grove, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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DESPONDENT OVER DEATH OF WIFE FORMER GRIMMS MAN ENDS LIFE AT MILWAUKEE SUNDAY
Despondent over the death of his wife, which occurred four months ago, Peter Falvey, a former resident of Grimms committed suicide at Milwaukee Sunday by drinking carbolic acid at the Park Hill hotel, Thirty-fifth and Park Hill avenue, where he had made his home for three months. News of the death reached Grimms Sunday in messages to a brother, Daniel Falvey, and the body was taken there for burial today.
Mr. Falvey was for years a prosperous farmer of the county and had retired. The recent death of his wife was a great shock and had preyed upon him and is believed to have prompted his suicide. No other ????(too dark to read)for hotel and swallowed the poison in the presence of several person. Falvey was 60 years of age and well to do. He was well known in the city and throughout the county.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, May 26, 1913 p.1
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DESPONDENT OVER DEATH OF WIFE FORMER GRIMMS MAN ENDS LIFE AT MILWAUKEE SUNDAY
Despondent over the death of his wife, which occurred four months ago, Peter Falvey, a former resident of Grimms committed suicide at Milwaukee Sunday by drinking carbolic acid at the Park Hill hotel, Thirty-fifth and Park Hill avenue, where he had made his home for three months. News of the death reached Grimms Sunday in messages to a brother, Daniel Falvey, and the body was taken there for burial today.
Mr. Falvey was for years a prosperous farmer of the county and had retired. The recent death of his wife was a great shock and had preyed upon him and is believed to have prompted his suicide. No other ????(too dark to read)for hotel and swallowed the poison in the presence of several person. Falvey was 60 years of age and well to do. He was well known in the city and throughout the county.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, May 26, 1913 p.1
2manitowoc.com



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  • Created by: M Carter
  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91904587/peter-falvey: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Falvey (11 May 1853–24 May 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91904587, citing Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Maple Grove, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by M Carter (contributor 47545935).